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Preservation of raw hides and skins — Code of practice — Part 
2: Air drying 
 
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This Draft Uganda Standard, DUS DEAS 93-2: 2019, Preservation of raw hides and skins — Code of practice 
— Part 2 : Air drying , is identical with and has been reproduced from an International Standard, DEAS 93-2: 
2019, Preservation of raw hides and skins — Code of practice — Part 2 : Air drying , and is being proposed for 
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The committee responsible for this document is Technical Committee UNBS/TC 7, Textiles, leather, paper 
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This standard cancels and replaces the first edition (US EAS 93-2:2000) which has been technically revised. 
Wherever the words, “ East African Standard " appear, they should be replaced by "Uganda Standard."  DEAS 93-2: 2019 
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Preservation of raw hides and skins — Code of practice Part 2: Air-
drying 
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 Preservation of raw hides and skins — Code of practice Part 2: Air 
drying   
1 Scope 
This Draft East African Standard shall apply to raw hides and skins to be preserved by air-drying and intended 
for tanning 
2 Normative references 
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated 
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced 
document (including any amendments) applies. 
ISO 4045 , Leather  — Chemical tests — Determination of pH  
ISO 4044 , Leather  — Chemical tests — Preparation of chemical test sample 
ISO 2821, Leather - Raw hides of cattle and horses - Preservation by stack salting 
ISO 2820, Leather - Raw hides of cattle and horses - Method of trim 
ISO 4684, Leather — Chemical tests — Determination of volatile matter 
3 Terms and definitions 
For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions and those given in ISO 2821 shall apply. 
3.1  
fleshing 
 removal of excess meat and fat still adhering to the hides and skins 
3.2  
trimming 
 removal of unwanted parts and give the hide and skin shape 
3.3  
hide 
 outer covering of a large animal including bovine, camel and equine 
3.4  
skin 
 outer covering of small animal including ovine, caprine, reptiles, fishes, bird and porcine 
3.5 
 tanning 
a process of conversion of raw hides and skins from putrescible material to non-putrescible material that is 
resistance to deterioration by bacteria and chemical  
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 4 Air drying 
4.1 Method 
4.1.1 The air-drying method consists of dehydrating fresh hides and skins sufficiently, without the 
application of salt mixture, in order to prevent the development of bacterial putrefaction. 
4.1.2 Raw hides and skins are exposed to atmospheric air by properly suspending them in appropriate 
premises to dry in order to prevent the possible development of defects mentioned in Clause 4.1.1. 
4.2 Procedure 
4.2.1 General requirements 
Before proceeding to the preservation process, fresh hides and skins shall be cleaned in the following 
manner: 
a) They shall be laid to a clean, solid and sloping surface. 
b) Both sides of the hide or skin shall be carefully fleshed, trimmed and cleaned with cold water  
c) Such cleaned hide or skin shall be made to drain for at least 1 hour. 
4.2.2 Suspension 
A hide or skin shall be suspended for drying not more than 5 h after flaying. 
a) By lacing it to a rectangular frame of such dimensions in a manner that the hide or skin is in contact with 
no solid object other than that used for lacing it to the frame or distending the hump, or 
b) By hanging it flesh side up using preferably toggles, along the line of the backbone over three tout wires 
or thin ropes and 
c) By opening the folds that may have developed with twigs. 
4.2.3 Drying premises  
Suspended or hanged hides and skins shall be: 
a) Placed inside a well-ventilated shade or veranda or fixed in the open under shade; 
b) Separated from each other by a distance of not less than 30 cm. 
4.2.4 Drying period 
Suspended hides and skins shall be left to air dry sufficiently for a period not less than 3 days depending on 
weather conditions or until the moisture content drops to 15-20 %  
NOTE  Origin and nature of air-drying process defects 
Air-drying process defects shall be classified, according to origin into the following two categories. 
a) Defects of microbial origin such as red spots, purple spots and heating. 
b) Defects of mechanical (physical) origin such as cracking, moth damages, beetle damages and horny 
spots.  
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